Hose.



R. H. BRUWN.

HOSE.

APPLICATION FILED 001227. 1909.

Patented May 10, 1910.

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in which the coupling ROBERT H. BROWN, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOSE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented May io, 1ero.

Application ined october 27, 190e. serial N6. 526,635.

To all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT H. BROWN, a citizen of the United States residing at Los Angeles, in the county of los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and 'useful Improvement in Hose, of which the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is to provide a canvas, cotton, rubber or other exible hose which will be less liable than such hose heretofore,

to destruction or weakening by stretching and kinking, and that will not be liable to Wear or break at the coupling and itself will be held against wiggling and becoming loose or worn.

The invention relates to both interior and exterior elements and to the body and the joints of the hose.

Another object is to jects with. relation to secure the said obhose already manufactured under the present` forms so thatthlncotton hose or any other flexible hose now in use and liable to the usual wear, may

be su plied with the necessary elements to great y increase the life of the hose.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a fragmental longitudinal section of a hose constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is an elevational detail of one'end of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional detail on line w3, Figs. 1, 2, 4 and Fig. 4 is a cross-Section on line m4, ligs. 1, 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a cross-section on line m5, Figs. 1, 2`andv 3. Fig. 6 is a perspective View of the hose band detached. o

Arrows on the several section lines indicate the' direction of sight.

In order to prevent the tubular body 1 of the hose from Stretching, it is provided on the inside with a core 2, which may be a cord or ro e of ap ropriate size to give the require strengt ,and also to give a sulicient bod to prevent the hose from kinking or bending too abruptly. The ends of the core are fastened by any suitable means to the ends of the tubular body 1, and this is accomplished in the form shown in the drawings by s reading the strands 3 of the rope around -t e end of the nipple 4 of the hose coupling. Said strands may be three in number as shown, and the hose band `5 is formed in two links 6, 7, hinged together by the hook and eye 8 and 9, and provided same tightly in Vbetween the strands 3 so asA to perfectly close the space around the nipple. The strands thus bent around the nipple of the coupling protect the hose against breakage which is liable to occur with dthe old style when the hose is bent at the end of the ni ple. The links of the hose band are provided with perforated ears 13 which are clamped together b the bolt 14 and nut 15. The bolt 14 is preferably an eye bolt so that a nail, not shown, may be inserted into the eye for the purpose of tightening the band. The nut 15 may be of sulicient size to engage the band when the bolt 14 is inserted through the ears of the nut thus to revent the nut from turning while the eye lt 14 vis being turned to tighten the band. To construct my novel hose, the tubular body 1 of ordinary manufacture is made of any suitablec material Aas cotton, hemp, or rubber filled and coated fabric which may be out to the appropriate length and then the eo're 2, which may be of any suitable flexible material as jute, hemp, cotton or other rope, may be threaded through the tubular body 1 and the ends of said rope may be unraveled and spread apart so as to. receive the nipples 4 of the hose con lings. Then the core 2 will be drawn tig tly and the ni ples inserted between the separate stran s of the core and forced home allowin of the core to extend outwar ly, and said core being drawn taut so that when the nipples are fastened the strain of stretching the hose lengthwise will beborne by the core and not by the tubular portion.' The bands 5 will be applied outside the tubular body to clamp the same tightly against the strands 3. The cleats l0 Jit between the strands, there being practicall three of such cleats for a threeply rope. n Fig.` 6 each of the bands is shown at its end with a cleat 10, the same being practically half a cleat of the size shown at 10 so that when the band is clam ed together the cleat 10 will serve as one c eat. f

When the ears 13 have been brought sufl ciently close together, the nut 15 will be broughtinto place and the eye bolt 14 will the strands be inserted through the ears and will then body, and bands to compress the body onto be screwed into the nut. When this is comthe core and nipple.

pleted the hose is finished; it being under- 2. A hose comprising a tubular body, stood that one ofthe nipples will be proa core extending inside the body from end 5 vided with a union collar 12 before it is tox end thereof and composed of strands, the 30 inserted into the hose and that the other ends of said strands being separated, nipples nipple 4 will be provided -With a shoulder inserted between the separated strands in- 16 and that said union collar 12 and shoulder side the body, and bands compressing the 16 will respectively it against the ngers body onto the strands and the nipple.

10 l1 thus to rigidly hold the nipples 1n place. 3. .A hose com rising aA tubular body, a 35 It is understood that the strands that areA rope composed o strands insidev the body, fastened to the ends of the hose need not the strands being separated at the ends of be twisted into a single cord but that the the. body, nipples inserted'into the body becore may be of a multiple nature. This may tween the separated strands, bands fastened 15 be especially desirable where the hose is of around the body and provided with internal 40 large diameter. ribs to press the hose body between the The eore willpreferably be saturated or strands, and means to tighten the band on otherwise treated with linseed oil or other the hose body. water-proofin material so that it will resist In testimony whereof I have hereunto set- 20 the action oft e water and other elements. l my hand at Los Angeles, California, this 45 I claim: l 11th day of October, 1909.

1. A hose comprising a tubular body, ROBERT H. BROWN. nipples in the ends of the body, a core eX- In presence oftending through the-body and spread apart JAMES R. ToWNsEND,

25 and extending between t e nipples and the L. BELLE RICE.' 

